Questions tagged [macbook-pro]

The Macbook Pro is a laptop in the MacBook family. Use this tag if you have problems installing or using Ubuntu on the MacBook Pro.

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How to diagnose/stop gdm-x-session spamming syslog

[Note: this is similar to issue #418 in the gnome gitlab but it happens to me constantly and I'm not running Evolution. I filed this there too, but gnome 3.28.2 is no longer supported there.] I'm not ...
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Can't see or connect to TP Link AC1750 Wireless Router

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 on a 2015 Macbook Pro. I am able to see and connect to other wifi networks via the network manager. I have set up a 5GHz network with security disabled on the AC1750 router. ...
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Ubuntu 14.04.4 macbookpro11,5 install problem

I'm relatively new to Linux/Ubuntu (i.e. I mightn't understand overly detailed tech terms etc) and have come across the following problem: I tried to install Ubuntu on a new (Jan 2016) MBP 11,5 with ...
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How can I continue having two fingers on the trackpad?

I'm quite new to ubuntu (with GUI) - just got over from OS X. I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my MacBook Pro 9.2, and I have the habit of leaving one finger at the bottom of the trackpad ready to ...
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Macbook Pro randomly waking up from Sleep Mode, on Kubuntu and many other distro

My device is a MacBook Pro early 2015 edition, irrespective of the Linux distro when ever I put the laptop to sleep it wakes up immediately. I can't keep it in sleeping mode. I have no idea where to ...
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MacBookPro11,3 wifi issue with Ubuntu 16.04

Good Day All, I have been having issues getting wifi to work in Ubuntu 16.04 on my MacBookPro11,3. Installation of the Broadcom drivers found here leads to dependency issues. If anyone has any ...
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Dual Thunderbolt Monitors

I have 16.04 (with kernel 4.4.0-15-generic) running on a MacBook Pro (MacBookPro12,1) and two 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Displays. The MacBook has two thunderbolt ports. The same issue happened in 15....
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Can't type passphrase to decrypt disk

Just wiped out everything on my Macbook Pro Retina Early-2015 (Macbook12,1 or something) and installed Ubuntu. Had to use acpi=off and nodmraid just to get the USB stick to boot. I wanted to have ...
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Mac Keyboard Backlight ubuntu 12.04

Running Ubuntu 12.04, I can't get the keyboard backlight on a Macbook Pro (mid 2012) to turn on. When I press the brightness button, the display shows up on full but the lights do not turn on. It ...
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MacBook install: no mountable file systems

I own a MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion. I would like to dual-boot my Mac OS with Ubuntu. When I download the file and try to open it, it reads "No mountable file systems". I have downloaded both ...
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Battery saver app like aldente for ubuntu

I have ubuntu dual booted with macos on my macbook pro 2015. I love how seamlessly everything it runs on ubuntu, but my battery seems to get drained much faster than what it does on macos. I was ...
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Macbook Pro freezes after trying to disable and reinable wifi after it has stopped working

After watching about 3 minutes of a YouTube video (or doing any bandwidth intensive task) my computer wifi stops, I then try to disable the wifi, so I can re-enable, but everything immediately freezes ...
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Default txpower is 31dBm and is unable to connect in Ubuntu 20.04

I have a 2017 Macbook Pro which I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on - everything has been working fine except the Wifi. Initially it just wouldn't connect, it would perpetually say "connecting" but ...
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Need help downgrading Nvidia drivers from 340 to 331 - Ubuntu 20.04

everyone I'm brand new here, and new to Linux. I'm very comfortable with Windows and macOS. But Linux is a whole different beast and I'm quite overwhelmed. I thought I'd give Linux a try on my old ...
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Nouveau Error while installing Ubuntu on Macbook Pro

I installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 on a late 2010 Macbook pro. I deleted macOS to have Ubuntu as the primary OS. I was having trouble installing as it could not install the GRUB bootloader. I ended up ...
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Poor performance in TensorFlow

Fully updated out of box Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is much slower than MacOS X in CPU-based training on TensorFlow on MacBook Pro Late 2013 (i7-4960HQ), up to 3-6x. During training, CPU fan does not spin up, ...
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Bluetooth performance

I'm getting very bad Bluetooth results. Especialy with audio, but not only. Basically, everything "works" but overall experience is really bad. laptop: Ubuntu 17.10 artful on macbookpro (single boot, ...
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Ubuntu doesn't recognize keyboard on latest Macbook

I have a bootable USB stick with ubuntu on it (I have tried both ubuntu 16.04.3 and ubuntu 17.04). When I boot on my usb key and chose to install ubuntu, I get a page where I have to chose my ...
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Flickering with Ubuntu 16.04 on Mid-2015 MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch

For 3 months or so my MBP was fine under Ubuntu. About a month ago (I think after an update), my screen started flickering whenever there is a screen refresh. The flickering varies from slight ...
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Can I make a bootable USB stick boot on both a PC and a Mac?

So, I already have a 64-bit 16.04 LTS installed on a USB stick. That already works and boots successfully on any PC or PC laptop. What I'm interested in is to know if and how, you can make the SAME ...
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Thunderbolt Display Hotplug

I have a MacBook Pro 11,5 running Ubuntu 16.04. I have attached an Apple Thunderbolt Display to it. I have noticed that the display only works if it was plugged in on boot. I can see the display in ...
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Wifi keeps dropping on MacBook Pro with Ubuntu 15.10

For some reason the wifi drops periodically every 15 or so minutes. I have the Broadcom BCM4360 and using the driver installed from bcmwl-kernel source.
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MacBook Pro 3,1 (late 2007, g84m), Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Nvidia won't boot

Let me be clear - this is only a problem when using the Nvidia drivers. I can boot the machine with nouveau, however the machine won't sleep properly and I have no 3D acceleration. Any time I install ...
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high-DPI scaling -- 14.04 VM on OS 10.10 (PB 4), w/ Parallels 10.0.2

With this setup, the Ubuntu desktop still looks tiny on a 15" rMBP, just as it did with 12.04 and Parallels 8/9 on the same machine. I've tweaked the various Ubuntu settings, and enabled retina ...
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BCM4331 wireless causes graphics corruption on MacBook Pro 10,2

I have a MacBook Pro 10,2 and just installed 14.04. Everything seems okay except when I enable the wireless driver for the BCM4331 I get intermittent graphics corruption. It looks like the screen ...
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Dual Display on Macbook Pro 9,1 with Ubuntu 14.04

I successfully installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my macbook pro 9,1. Everything is now working correctly. Except I am unable to plug in a second screen. If I plug in another screen : At system Boot: I get ...
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Multitouch Gestures on 15" retina macbookpro and ubuntu 13

How do i enable multitouch gestures like pinch & zoom, three fingers drag, 4 fingers swipe (basically what osx has) in ubuntu 13 on 15" retina macbookpro? The basic 1 tap for clicking and 2 ...
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Ubuntu on MacbookPro: how to get a support for 802.11a/n (5GHz) with chip broadcom 4331?

I have been having problems with N mode. When I execute iwconfig get wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g and when I boot in Mac os my wireless card info is : Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 5.100.198.104.5)...
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Webcam not working on Ubuntu 22.04 Macbook pro 2018 Intel chip

I tried all the ideas here: https://github.com/patjak/facetimehd/wiki/Installation#get-started-on-ubuntu And still no webcam on my macbook. dmesg | grep facetime [ 2.006856] facetimehd: loading out-...
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Wifi on macbookpro 13,3 (15" Late 2016)

I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; and Debian, using iwd, systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved. I have tried to follow the instructions here and here, but to no avail. The most I can do is view ...
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Override CPU frequency limitation on a MacBook Pro without battery

I have a MacBook Pro late 2013 that has frequency limitation at 800Mhz due to lack of battery. I'm trying to override this limitation running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS $ uname -r 5.15.0-46-generic $ lscpu ...
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How to install a Macbook Pro 2019 with ubuntu-21.10-desktop-amd64?

I'm attempting to perform the install (to an external USB-C spinning disk) described in the title. It seems no matter what I try, I get a black screen shortly after attempting to boot from an external ...
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Purple screen when installing Ubuntu 20.04 on late 2008 MacBook Pro 15"

A few months ago I tried to dual boot Ubuntu 20.04 and MacOS on 15" late 2008 MacBook Pro, and each time the installation finished and I rebooted, I got stuck on a purple screen, after trying a ...
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Sound is not working on dual boot MaBook Pro and Ubuntu

I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 in my MacBook Pro. It's a dual boot. At first the trackpad/mouse didn't work, but that's fixed now. Now Ubuntu is totally silent; no sound is coming out. I ...
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18.04 no screen brightness control on MacBook Pro

Just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a MacBook Pro, mid-2009, 13" scren, Core2 Duo CPU and GeForce 9400 GPU. It took a little looking around and tinkering to install and get WiFi up and running after ...
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Running a root command during user login to enable NVIDIA eGPU on Macbook Pro

I am trying to get my Macbook Pro 13,3 (touchbar late 2016) to work with my Nvidia eGPU under Ubuntu 19.10. I installed the Nvidia drivers, and used https://github.com/hertg/egpu-switcher to create ...
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I need Linux (eGPU, Cuda, Tensorflow) on my MacBook Pro

Im at the end of my wits. Im having an MacBook Pro 2018 15" and all I want to do is just to install ubuntu and its a nightmare. I want to use macOS when im on the go, at university etc and when im ...
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Ubuntu 18.0.4.3 extremely slow on Macbook Pro (Mid 2014)

After a lot of testing I found out the new linux kernel 5.0.0.x was the culprit. Re-installed 18.0.4.3 and downgraded the linux kernel to 4.18, solved the problem. I'm running Ubuntu Mate 18.04.3 on ...
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Macbook Gestures 3-finger drag

How do I add the apple gestures such as three finger drag? I have tried fusuma but they do not input how to add 3-finger drag only how to add gestures that activate commands when the gestures are used....
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Slic3r causes Ubuntu 18.04 to hang on Macbook Pro

My laptop freezes when running Slic3r app on Ubuntu 18.04 to prepare a 3d print. I had opened a ticket on the slic3r app site and provided a copy of the file, but they were able to process the file. ...
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Linux installation can't detect hard drive on Macbook Pro touch bar

I have been trying to install either Ubuntu 18.04 or Kali on my Macbook Pro 15 with touch bar purchased late 2018. During the installation, the installer can only see the USB drive where the ...
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Can't change the screen brightness - Macbook a1342 - Ubuntu 18.04

I'm using Macbook a1342 with Ubuntu 18.04. I made the upgrade from 16.04 LTS. After the update, along other issues I'm trying to fix, I can't change the screen brightness. I could do it before. How ...
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Image broken with 4 monitors, but everything works with 1,2 or 3

I have a macbook pro 2015 set up running linux natively. Through this I have 3 monitors plugged in. 2x Thunderbolt 1x HDMI 1x Laptop Monitor. If I have 3 monitors the image is as expected. However ...
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18.04 on MacBook Pro 8-2 is stuck on purple screen when booting

For the last 3 days I've been trying to install Ubuntu on a MacBookPro8-2 running High Sierra, in order to run an IOTA node. I've tried Ubuntu 18.04 into a VM first and I quite like it. I also can ...
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Even after installed isight firmware for my macbook pro, webcam is not reconize

This happened after I installed nvidia drivers to debug problem of pause and wakeup computer. So, too resume situation: macbook pro 5,3 with ubuntu 17.10 before nvidia, webcam OK after nvidia, webcam ...
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Brightness control not working on 2009 MacBook

After I installed the proprietary Nvidia drivers on my mid 2009 MacBook Pro running Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 the brightness control doesn't work. It works when I am using the open source driver, but I need ...
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Macbook Pro overheating on UBUNTU 16.04

I have a 2015 macbook pro dual booted with OS X and UBUNTU. Everything goes fine in OS X but the laptop overheats in ubuntu. I guess the problem has to do sth with the intel driver because the heating ...
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I cannot boot Ubuntu 16.04 on MacBook Pro(Mid 2012, macOS Sierra)

I had updated my Mac 3 days back from Elcapitan to Sierra. I had dualboot(Ubuntu + OSX) and it was working perfectly with default boot as Ubuntu and by pressing option key I had OSX booted. But after ...
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Installing Ubuntu 16.04 on an old MacBook Pro 2,2

I have an old MacBook Pro 2,2 that I am trying to squeeze more life out of by installing Linux on it. I cannot get it to boot from a CD or a USB stick. I tried both Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit and Ubuntu 16....
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App Switcher Randomly Pops Up 16.04

I'm having the same issue described here on Ubuntu 16.04, running on a MacBook pro. The alt+tab applications switcher seems to randomly popup out of nowhere, perhaps from some interaction with the ...
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